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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10827

16 April 2013
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition
All clear for Liberty Global's take over of Virgin Media

Brussels, 15/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 15 April, the European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of UK cable operator Virgin Media Inc., registered in the US, by the US-based company Liberty Global, Inc. The transaction, worth €17.2 billion, will bring together the second largest Pay TV operator in the UK (Virgin Media) and the largest cable operator in Europe (Liberty Global). The Commission's investigation confirmed that the transaction raised no competition concerns,...

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